B. "Organizational Ethnography in Practice "

Linda Rouleau, Professeur titulaire, HEC Montréal

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Séminaire dispensé en Français mais slides en anglais

Organizational Ethnography (OE) is certainly the best qualitative research methods for getting a deep understanding of a broader range of organizational processes and practices. The seminar will start with the assumption that “one becomes an ethnographer or a qualitative researcher by doing it” and will therefore be interactive and hands-on. All participants will be asked to apply the lessons learned on their own research project and are strongly encouraged to bring issues, samples of data collected and to engage themselves in the readings, exercises and debates proposed.

The course is designed for PhD students who are planning to start on a fieldwork in an organizational setting, are in the midst of conducting one, or have just come out of the field and who are thinking about, starting to or working on writing up their field notes and drafts of dissertation chapters. Participants will be expected to come to class prepared to discuss the readings and to draw links between them and their own research designs and field experiences.